1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 3, 11:17 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1117 AM CST SAT MAR 03 2001 RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA LATE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER MUCH OF THAT AREA. CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED SOUTHEASTWARD TO INCLUDE PIKE...BARBOUR...BULLOCK...AND RUSSELL COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THOSE COUNTIES HAVE NOT EXPERIENCE QUITE AS MUCH RAIN AS OTHER AREAS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...EXPECT HEAVY RAINS TO CONTINUE THERE...AND THIS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY A FEW OTHER MINOR TWEAKS EXPECTED TO ZONES. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY. .BHM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SEOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.
ALZ001>038-040>050-041100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 135 PM CST SAT MAR 03 2001 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. OVERUNNING RAIN COVERED PORTIONS OF THE STATE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH ALABAMA THIS EVENING. THE AIRMASS IS STABLE IN NORTH ALABAMA AND SOMEWHAT MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE BEST INSTABILITIES ARE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN AND MAINLY SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 PM CST. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS...COMBINED WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF MORE HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING HIGH. AS SUCH... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE STATE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A GADSDEN TO TUSCALOOSA LINE UNTIL 4PM CST. EME5RGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded in and around Seale. A few of the roads had portions washed away.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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